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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1934

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Iump From Harbor Bridge Man Regains Consciousness Street Singing for 12 Months. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 4

Divesting himself of his clothes Charles Gallagher, 43, single, of Dulwich Hill, jumped from the Sydney Harbor bridge, early this morning…

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Railway Mishap a Slight Derailment Between Kyarran and Gurranang

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 4

On Saturday morning two wheels of a refrigerating car on a goods train left the rails between Kyarran and Gurranang, about 15 miles north of Grafton, and…

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AT 40 M.P.H. Motor Cycle Crashes Into Gates Young Man Killed at Level Crossing. Armidale

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 5

William Edward Kimpton, 21, of Coolamon, was fatally injured last night when a motor cycle and side-ear in which he was riding crashed at 40 miles an hour…

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Aboriginals in Motor Accident

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 4

Misfortune overtook a party of ten aboriginals returning by car from Armidale to Woolbrook late Wednesday afternoon, after attending the annual…

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Terrific Impact Brisbane Trams Collide Over a Dozen People Injured. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 4

Over a dozen people were injured when two trams collided in Countess street, city, late on Saturday night. Wild confusion reigned after the terrific impact…

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Obsolete French Railways 'Economy at Expense of Human Life' Director's Statement

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday. The Director-General of the French State Railways (M. Dautry) complains in "Le Matin' that expenditure, which is…

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Road Timber Removed

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 4

Much concern is being expressed by the Mildura Shire Council at the continued wholesale removal of pine and other timbers on the Murray Valley road near the…

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Road Tar Glen Innes Enterprise

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 2

Built by the gas engineer, Mr. A. G. Lane, there is now at the Glen Innes gasworks a plant for the treatment of tar to make it suitable for use in road…

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Knocked Down by Car on Woolgoolga Road Grafton Cricketer Injured

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 4

Mr. Albert Ford, well-known in cricketing circles at Grafton, was admitted to the Grafton District Hospital yesterday suffering from…

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'Babel Of' Noise' Midnight on Harbor Bridge Seeing New Year In. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 5

Although generally speaking the new year was ushered in quietly, the noise in the city at midnight last night was for a moment deafening compared with the…

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Motor Truck Bolts Family's Fortunate Escape

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 5

Mr. and Mrs. F. Sanson, of Bright street, East Lismore, had a fortunate escape from serious injury on Sunday morning when a utility motor truck in…

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Motor Lorry Overturns Occupants' Lucky Escape

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 4

A number of passengers, returning to Grafton from Yamba in an Overland motor lorry, at about 6 o'clock last night, had a narrow escape when the vehicle left the…

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Aeroplane in Submarine

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 3

One of the needs of naval aviation is an aeroplane that will fold into the least possible space. Experiments have shown it practicable for a submarine to carry…

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Bridge by Candle Light

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 4

When a violent storm struck Southport (Q.) on Monday night, and disorganised the lighting system, a number of bridge parties were in progress, but a trifle like…

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Young Woman Caught Climbing Bridge. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 5

A young woman was prevented from jumping from the Sydney bridge early this morning. She was noticed climbing the railing, but a party of men and women…

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Accountant Killed Jumped From Harbor Bridge. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 4

Donald Stewart Sullivan, 46, accountant, of Petersham, jumped from the Harbor Bridge late this afternoon, and was fatally injured…

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Out of Control Shocking Motor Smash Two Killed, Three Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 5

May Moran, 60, and Peter Clancy,12, were killed, and three others from Adelaide were injured when a motor car got out of control and dashed down a steep…

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Railway Meals at Cas[?]

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 4

Indicative of the increase in thu[?]ber of passengers carried tough Casino by railway during D[?] is the fact that, although charges fo[?]cals…

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Women and Girls Knocked Down by Motor Car

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 4

During the busy period of Friday night hist an accident occurred in Skinner, street, South Grafton, in which two women and their daughters were…

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Local and General Express Train Late

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 4

The express train from Brisbane to Sydney arrived at Grafton about an hour behind schedule time yesterday, the delay being due to the late arrival of the…

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